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FAILURE TO RESEED QUESTIONED – The Escarpment Parks Society says it was never consulted about escarpment area work that has left the play field at the end of Cook Street little more than dust and dandelions.

Photo by Vince Fedoroff

FIELD DETERIORATION OUTLINED – Sally Wright, the secretary/treasurer of the Escarpment Parks Society, ex- plains her concerns to city council last Tuesday evening.

Field now ‘a sad dandelion dust bowl’

The Escarpment Parks Society continues working toward developing space at the end of Strickland Street for a park.

shhh on Jul 11, 2018 at 9:10 am

Maybe not entirely the contractors on Jul 10, 2018 at 7:01 pm

Perhaps it's also the request for proposal (rfp) requirements (scope of work) were flawed from the get-go. I'm seeing rfp's that don't seem to be able to describe what work is needed to complete the project so contractors can bid appropriately.
Didn't see these rfp, but likely no requirement to 'finish' the disturbed grounds or the bids were too high and they cut it - no one will notice anyway ....
I walked that Black Street trail for years and years and years, yup before airport expansion or lighting or stairs or a parking area, so ya know I guess it is nicer now.

jean on Jul 10, 2018 at 3:11 pm

Why hasn't the CoW spread a few truckloads of their much-touted compost on this area and turn it into a nice park? This photo shows a lack of care for the community which is unacceptable. These 'sustainability' mavens are just a bunch of green washed hypocrites who don't practice what they preach.
They should spend far less time obsessing over people's garbage and instead make Whitehorse greener.

My Opinion on Jul 9, 2018 at 10:20 pm

north_of_60 on Jul 9, 2018 at 8:02 pm

"that company should be exempt from bidding jobs in the future."
...but it's never going to happen.
The company responsible for the design mistakes that caused Wasteland Bend to be clear-cut and covered with loose fill still gets contracts from the Yukon government.

local property owner on Jul 9, 2018 at 4:55 pm

I have a house close to this park and would really like to see it fixed.

It would be nice to know which company did this wildly inadequate 'work'. That said, I am going to call Sally to ask about helping out with a wheel barrow and a seed spreader. And maybe we can get a few loads of good compost or dirt too. No need to be paying big bucks to a contractor who doesn't do a good job anyway. Re-seeding is pretty easy I would guess. I'm willing to give it a shot!

Brutal on Jul 9, 2018 at 3:10 pm

This must be the same inept lands keeping company that did all that horrible work up in Whistle Bend. Dead trees and grass everywhere and COW not signing off/inspecting the work or enforcing the 1 year warranty.

Some rocket scientist thought it was okay to install under ground sprinklers AFTER the landscaping was done. They also dug up along Whistle Bend Way to put in deep utilities (water main connection to Porter Creek) after it was seeded and never bothered to reseed it.

It's an embarrassing waste of tax dollars and that company should be exempt from bidding jobs in the future.

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